[chrishoney]

read. instead of picking someone out of the crowd to pick on. there have been claims of dvt linked to use of pm. anyone with a brain knows that if u mess with your body and knock off its natural hormone balances your asking for trouble. enter at your own risk.

Picking you out of the crowd? You set yourself up for failure by merely stating your misinformed beliefs rather than actually researching the topic. There are plenty of posts in this section of BN as well as the PM section, detailing the lack of deleterious side effects, quite a few of which I have penned.

Just so you know, I do have a brain (fMRI scans to prove it) and the last time my IQ was measured the results would have qualified me for membership in Mensa. I DO have a doctorate in my field (ancillary medical practitioner), I HAVE designed and executed real research using human subjects and DO know how to understand and interpret research and evaluate the statistical analysis. I have also done considerable (I estimate 100+ hours) research into the effects and side effects of PM and have NOT found any of the side effects you ascribe to it.

I don't believe you can document the claims of DVT with PM use. Here's the results of a scholar.google.com search for those two search terms: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=DVT+%2B+pueraria+mirifica&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C39&as_sdtp=

But let me save you the trouble of clicking on that link, there ARE NO RESULTS matching those terms!!!

Even with a standard google search (http://www.google.com/search?q=DVT%20%2b%20pueraria%20mirifica&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=DVT+%2B+pueraria+mirifica&ei=fVzKUZSvEcHB0AGczYDIAQ&start=0&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48340889,d.dmg&fp=fb80278e646aa8ed&biw=1330&bih=905) I could only find ONE report (on another forum: http://www.network54.com/Forum/484965/thread/1156078797/last-1182863350/i+have+deep+vein+thombosis) of a female with a DVT while taking PM. If you read the complete message thread, she changed brands and continued using PM WITHOUT further problems. Was it the brand, or coincidence? With a single subject, that is impossible to say.

So, where is ANY info/sources/reports to back up your claims? Your assertion is without logic or merit so why don't you keep it to yourself, instead of scare-mongering.